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Forcing myself to remind people that I have an etsy store! Which includes romantic sloth cards if you're the kind of person who likes romance and sloths!

Wedding Sloths - Wedding card collection There are four possible accessories each sloth can be wearing - top hat, bow tie, flower crown, or veil - which leads to sixteen possible combinations, plus sloths with no accessories at all. These will be available on my Etsy sometime around the end of March!

[Image description: Seventeen very similar images. The first one shows two cartoon sloths standing bipedally, facing each other and holding hands. They are slightly different shades of brown. Each subsequent image has the pair of sloths wearing a different combination of the above mentioned accessories: bow tie/bow tie, bow tie/flower crown, bow tie/top hat, bow tie/veil, flower crown/bow tie, flower crown/flower crown, flower crown/top hat, flower crown/veil, top hat/bow tie, top hat/flower crown, top hat/top hat, top hat/veil, veil/bow tie, veil/flower crown, veil/top hat, veil/veil.]

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Do you remember the D&D class sloths from a while back? Well, I finally got them printed as stickers, so they're now up at the Etsy Store! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1840231368/ttrpg-class-sloth-stickers

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Interview with the Sloth - Cosplay Sloths

And the final sloth of this series - and my first art of 2025! - is Lestat Sloth from the new Interview with the Vampire series. Again, one I haven't watched but a ton of my friends love to bits - I very much relied on their suggestions for which outfit and pose to go for! [Image description: A digital illustration of a cartoon sloth standing bipedally. The sloth is dressed as Lestat from the Season 2 finale - the sloth is wearing a sumptuous dressing gown in gold and blue, and holding up a plank of wood with markings that make it look vaguely like a piano. The sloth has tiny pointy fangs. The sloth's eyes are closed.]

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Tomb Raider Sloth - Cosplay Sloths

Here's Lara Croft Sloth - Lara Slothft! I am aware that her guns are tiny and the holsters are huge. I thought about changing it, but it's so much funnier to me this way. [Image description: A digital illustration of a cartoon sloth standing bipedally. The sloth is dressed as Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider games: a blue tank-top, very short brown shorts and a thick black belt with chunky holsters attached to it's thighs. The sloth is standing with arms spread wide, and one leg cocked up in what would be a dainty pose if it weren't a sloth. In each of the sloths' outstretched hands it holds a very small gun. The guns are very badly drawn, consisting of only two rectangles. The guns are also about a quarter of the size of the holsters. The sloth's eyes are closed.]

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Lord of the Sloth - Cosplay Sloths

Aloy already got the action archery pose, so Legolas here gets the more contemplative one. [Image description: A digital illustration of a cartoon sloth standing bipedally. The sloth is dressed as Legolas from the Lord of the Rings films - a green tunic, brown boots and leather vambraces, and long blonde hair. The slothe is holding a simple wooden bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. The sloth's eyes are closed.]

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Wonder Woman Sloth - Cosplay Sloths

There was about a thirty second period where I was trying to decide which Wonder Woman to do. Then I returned to sense and realised it HAD to by Lynda Carter, obviously. [Image description: A digital illustration of a cartoon sloth standing bipedally. The sloth is dressed in the costume of Wonder Woman from the 1976 TV series: a bathing suit shaped outfit with a gold eagle across the bust and the bottom half in blue covered in stars. It's standing with its hands on its hips, mimicking a pose from some of the early promotional materials. The sloth's eyes are closed.]

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No sloth today, but I have re-opened the Etsy store! https://illustratedjaishop.etsy.com

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The First Doctor Sloth - Cosplay Sloths

So I was initially going to do Tom Baker Doctor Sloth, but I just couldn't quite get the energy right. And then this vision came to me, and I knew I had to make it reality. [Image description: A digital illustration of a cartoon sloth standing bipedally. The drawing is entirely in greyscale. The sloths is wearing the outfit of the First Doctor from Doctor Who - a waistcoat, plaid trousers, a dark ribbon tie and a black jacket. The sloth is standing in the pose from the early promotional photos of William Hartnell as the First Doctor - claws holding the lapels of the jacket and chest puffed out slightly. The sloth's eyes are closed.]

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Horizon Zero Sloth - Cosplay Sloths

Here's Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn! I considered doing one of the Forbidden West outfits, but figured this one would be more recognisable. [Image description: A digital illustration of a cartoon sloth standing bipedally. The sloth is dressed as Aloy from the Horizon series of video games, wearing clothes made of hides and furs. It is holding a bow with a bunch of feathers and other gubbins tied to it. The sloth has flowing red hair with beads in it. On the sloth's right temple is a focus - a little triangular grey thing with a glowing blue circle around it. The sloth's eyes are closed.]

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Sloth - Cosplay Sloths

I thought about putting an actual card in his hand there, but I decided that was too much work. It's totally a Kuriboh tho'. [Image description: A digital illustration of a cartoon sloth standing bipedally. The sloth is dressed up as Yami Yugi from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh!. The sloth has pointy colourful hair and is wearing a tight black outfit with lots of buckles and belts. The sloth is holding three playing cards in one hand and one in the other, as though it is about to show the one card to an opponent. The sloth's eyes are closed.]

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Gideon the Ninth Sloth - Cosplay Sloths

Here's Gideon from the Locked Tomb! I haven't read the series yet, so I kept having to show this to Finn while I was working on it to check I was hitting the right beats. [Image description: A digital drawing of a cartoon sloth standing bipedally. The sloth is dressed as the character Gideon from the cover of the book Gideon the Ninth, and is mimicking the pose. The sloth is wearing an all black outfit, with aviator sunglasses and skull facepaint, with a little tuft of red hair on the top of it's head. It's holding a sword in it's right hand. The sloths' eyes are closed.]

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Sailor Moon Sloth - Cosplay Sloths

And so it begins! I'm having some fun while I'm on holiday, so here's some Sloths as popular media characters. I've called the series "cosplay", but I can't decide whether these are cosplay, or whether Slothdonia just does their own versions of all media with sloths in the roles…

Either way, here's Sailor Moon Sloth! [Image description: A digital illustration of a cartoon sloth standing bipedally. The sloth is dressed in the iconic sailor scout uniform of Sailor Moon, including the blonde hair. The sloth is mimicking one of Sailor Moon's iconic poses, but is doing it very badly due to being a sloth. The sloth's eyes are closed.]

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Last few days if you'd like to order anything from my Etsy before the holidays! I'll be putting the shop on holiday mode in the evening of Friday the 20th!

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Happy Holidays (2024) - Personal Work

As always, the winter greetings card! I've just put the last batch into the postbox, so it's time to share this year's card!

Another one in the vein of the Snow Things from a few years ago, here's some hypothetical baubles from our hypothetical tree!

A sloth in a stocking for me, a wool felted wolf for Finn and a little wooden robot for A!

So, from my little family to yours: Happy Holidays! [Image description: a digitally illustrated holiday card in a cartoony style. The overall effect is of decorations hung on a christmas tree. There are four decorations: a round bauble in white and red that says "Happy holidays" on it at the top; a sleeping sloth in a stocking on the left; a wolf in a scarf at the bottom; and a robot with "A" on its chest on the right. The background is blurry greens with patches of warm yellow-white.]

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All the Sloths (Plural Flag) - Pride Sloths

Bit of an unusual one today - a disability/mental health flag, rather than a sexuality one. This is (one of the proposed) Plural flags - for people who live as part of multiple systems, whether disordered or not. I'm not an expert on the subject, so I don't want to speak out of turn!

I couldn't find any info about why these colours in specific were chosen, but it's a really unique looking flag! [Image description: Four cartoon sloths standing bipedally in a line, each with a Plural Pride flag in some way or another. The first one wears the flag as a cape; the second one is holding the flag on a stick; the third one is waving it in the air; the fourth one is holding the flag up in front of itself. The sloths are all slightly different shades of brown. The Plural Pride Flag is made up of five stripes: pale blue, darker blue, yellow, green and purple.]

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All the Sloths (Sapphic Flag) - Pride Sloths

I know there's a version of this flag out there with a much more complicated flower on it, but 1. my understanding is that this one was proposed as one that was easier to read at a distance and 2. let's be honest, the sloths suit a much simpler flower. (Also 3. this one was easier to draw…) [Image description: Four cartoon sloths standing bipedally in a line, each with a Sapphic Pride flag in some way or another. The first one wears the flag as a cape; the second one is holding the flag on a stick; the third one is waving it in the air; the fourth one is holding the flag up in front of itself. The sloths are all slightly different shades of brown. The Sapphic Pride Flag has three thick stripes - pink, white, pink - with a simple five-petal flower in lavender in the middle of the flag.]

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All the Sloths (Intersex Flag) - Pride Sloths

I honestly meant to do the intersex flag a lot earlier in the series - they're a super under-represented group, and I've been trying to make sure I'm representing those who go unrepresented. (Also, the flag is like, super easy to draw.) [Image description: Four cartoon sloths standing bipedally in a line, each with an Intersex Pride flag in some way or another. The first one wears the flag as a cape; the second one is holding the flag on a stick; the third one is waving it in the air; the fourth one is holding the flag up in front of itself. The sloths are all slightly different shades of brown. The Intersex Pride Flag consists of a purple circle centred on a yellow field.]